Organometal Trihalide Perovskite Single Crystals: A Next Wave of Materials for 25% Efficiency Photovoltaics and Applications Beyond?

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 3218-3227

  Huang, Jinsong ^a   Shao, Yuchuan ^a   Dong, Qingfeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; EFFICIENCY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HYBRID MATERIALS; PEROVSKITE; RADIATION DETECTORS;

CARRIER DIFFUSION LENGTH; CARRIER RECOMBINATION; FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PHOTOACTIVE MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLYCRYSTALLINE THIN FILM; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 84939824645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01419     Document Type: Review

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